Automobile-heater



M. c. MOODY.

'AUTOMOBIL-E HEATER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. I5, I9I9. 1,348,032. Ptented July 27, 1920.

MAsoN c, MOODY,orEFanartnini.I Armenian; j..

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that 'IfMAsoN C. Moonr,a citizen 'of theUnited States,jresidiiigatr lilairieldi, in "the county of Jefferson,A State' or Alabama, have invented certain new and useful' Improvements in Autoniobile- I-Ieat-j ers; and I do 4hereby.declare the'following to be a full, clear, and 'exact descriptionV off-the invention, such as will enable othersskilled I inthe art to which it appertains tomake and Vuse the-same. A

v #Thisinvention relates to car h'eatingap internal 'combustion' enginev to' lieat'the interioi' ot the tonneau of a touringcar or the with cores which will retain theirheatfor a consi derabletinie after the flow of the heat-A v.

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struction loi" the radiator are described: below p a-ratus, and moreespecially to heat radiators of that type intended.v for use ras oo't warmers; yand the objejct of the same is broadly to utilize the exhaustgases from.' an

body ot a limousine.

F* -1 he invention includes a branch pipeleadingfrom Vthe outlet or exhaust"nianifoldyand a muiiler. cutoutor switch for diverting theV ing fluid has `been cutoff. Gnesuccessul p general arrangement of this heating' apii'iaratusV and the speciic conand shown in the drawings in lwliich :j

Figure l is a diagrammaticplan.view `of a f touring car equipped with this heating ap` paratus.

Fig. 2 is a section.

I 1g. 3 is a cross section on the line 3 3 of Fig..2.

YThe automobile has the usual engine'E,v

Hoor F under the drivers feet, and tonneau floor T. Beneath the latter is indicated a muffler M to which the exhaust manifold X leads from the engine cylindersand the letter S designates broadly a muiiier cutout or` switch preferably ylocatedv beneath the iloor boards F which may be set to divertthe gases through a pipeP to the radiator 'It' which overlies the tonneau floor T (or might, in fact, be otherwiselocated within the tonneau), beyond which radiator the gases escape through the outlet pipe O. Y It will be obvious that the driver by manipu# horizontal section through thev radiator, Vshowing` onefof the cores also in Stammfmfteefeff Patented gmiyzlaigzo; Application led October 15, Isig *gefli'l NO 33O7-65-f l I lfatingftlie switch ldirect the gases through'the mufller, orcut themV off frointhe muiler and diveitgtliem througl'ithe-- radiav tor, and the construction of the latter is such that -a inuitler'will 'hardly then be needed to deaden the noise.l` l The switch maybe manip-A' ulated by'a -ifoot'piecejonhandle-H rising througliasltfin'thefiioIFl,' f Coming now to the Y details of the radiator' andlreferringmore especially to'Figs. Zand tions whereof` three-arefshown herewith.

` 3,`II 'constructfthe'samein a number of secif Each section "includes a`'tubularV viluef'l i coupled `at its outlet-end at'2 yto a--boss y3 which surrounds an opening-4in one' side ot an outlet boX- 5f which-extends transversely pipe O. i Internally also thisboX' 'contains and 4employed lto divert the gases which` pass box to itsoutletw-T,`as1-also is thepurpose of the roundedend6.'

l 1' A v. The inlet end of each'iiue engages ajacollar l() to which in `turn is vconnected-- a branch pipell, and thesev'e'ral v*branch pipes con? Vergeto' aeoupling 12 Vwhich is mounted-ony thei'nllet' "pipe" If cand .internally fdivided by ,partitions 13so :that fthe` gases-V fiowin'g.

through said vpipe .will bebroken up and fed in streams (three in the presenti-instance) of substantially equal volumeitoand through the severalfflues. x It is to be understood that I am not. limited to the number of `flues al- I Vacross't'liefout'let ends ofall the ilues," oneend 'l being rounded atG adjacent the vfirst fine and theother end connectedWithjthe:outlet 1 .baffles 8 preferably curved-as seenin Fig1v2 'through the yflues and vdeliver :them` along the thoughV I prefer several.v `In an extremely-V 1' small. radiator. orfoot warmer' it might be possibleto havebut 'a single flue,fbut in that lease I would'prefer to make it oval'or rectangular 'in cross section so that 'the entire necessaryv to indicate the vcastings Vor brackets for supportingr lthe radiatorand spacing' its.V

sections.

Within each Hue is a core which mayr well` be a pipe of rather roujgh'rcastingj, andwhich f is shown 'herein as having atiibular body 21 and a conica1'pointf22 at the inlet end ofV the flue, the lengthoffthe core overall Vbetically coincident with the collar l0, the

open endf23 of the body .stands near the .opening 4 into the boit.' The body is-tobe'V filled with a' .icoarfgmuir marin 24 such as broken stone, possibly interspersed with cast off pieces o f`metal, :and as one successful means for holding this .filling 1n place I pass pins or rods 25 'through'thhelV core at the juncture ofthe body with the point andalso'l `through the body near its rear end 23, using at least vtwo such` pins at each point. The protruding ends of the pins Contact with the inner face oftherwall ofthe flue so that in effect they constitute a 's 4ider to-hold the core centered within the e 1e and to. leave an'annular passage 26 through the `latter for the low of gases. Y,

VIjlind that when hot gases are employed asfthe heating agent and theyV are driven through the radiator sections kin rapidfsucL cessive pulsations, `they heat both theshell or'lue lof the sectionfand Vthe interior-core and ifflater ,the switch -S is moved tocutout thel radiator R and pass the gasesrout the muffler, theshells of the flue sectionsfwill .v 'quiekly Vcool off a little but the cores will retaintheir Iheat for a considerable time and therefore lkeep the shells ofl the lseveral sections vrwa'rniwhich4 is preciselywhat is desired.` vInzother words, the parts may be buigltof such sizesandl the radiator of such capacity that -tlie constant passage of the exhaustfgases through the radiator would.

perhaps A overheat it except in thev severest weather, and at other timesVV the occupants of thekcar would be kept quite Vcomfortable shall be located '-,beneath the if the radiator were put into .useY for a time and then cut `out for a time; VBecause'of this, fact, it may bepreferred that the switch floor T,.or at least, the handle or the foot piece H of thefswitch shall beext'ended so as` ,tobe within reach lofthe passengers-rather than the driver; although this -may be left to the builder. fi NVhat is claimed is; f .Y

I 1. The herein described radiator compris'- 'tainin'g filling, and spiders for holdingfth e 1,60 'Y A sectional radiatonfor. useas de-` (scribed, each section consisting of a Balev tonneau jing a plurality of sections, each consisting of a flue with a collar at its inlet end and a -core along-'the axis of the flue, an inlet,` 1v branch pipes connecting it with the several collars, an outlet box connected with the outlet ends of the several flues, one en dmof thebox being rounded toward the otherend, e

Y and an exhaust pipe `connected with the latter. y Y

Y 2. A sectional radiator. for` Vuse a|--de-4 scribed, each section consisting4 of fa .-ue ,5hV

with means :for directing a heating Huid longitudinally throughout its` length, a v1501econsisting of a pipe containing a heat-re-` corealong. the axis of the flue.

with means' for ldirecting a heatingfhgas longitudinally throughout its length, a; r'

having a tubular body with, itsfrnntrend v longitudinally throughout its length, minore consisting; of a tubular bodyclosedab that end yadjacent the inletl of the ueandpen Y. atrth'e other end, granular heat-retaining material `.withinsaid'body, and pins :ming *Y through-the body and crossing .eac jfoter in sets near the ends of the core fonmerw ing, it within said flue land retaining the filling material.

.Initestimony whereof, I affixmy i inthe presence of two witnesses.

' l MAsoNK c. Moon,n Witnesses: .i 

